by Mike Carlon | Aug 22, 2023 | Authors, Podcast, The Longs
Listen Watch My twin brother and I are very close—so close in fact that we can finish each other’s sentences. That said, I couldn’t imagine writing a book with him, let alone a series of books. That’s just one of the things that amazes me about sisters Lynne and...
by Mike Carlon | Aug 17, 2023 | Authors, Podcast, The Longs
Listen Watch While many of us dream of being writers from a young age, the truth is, not all of us can do it early on in our lives and find that we have to defer that dream for another time. Jenny Jackson, whose debut novel Pineapple Street is quite possibly the most...
by Mike Carlon | Aug 15, 2023 | Authors, Podcast, The Longs
Listen Watch Today’s guest, Peter Maeck, inspired me with his words of advice for his younger self—”If you have an impulse and are young enough to start at an entry level, do it! Don’t worry about the risks and the outcomes.” These were words that I wish I heard in my...
by Mike Carlon | Aug 10, 2023 | Authors, Podcast, The Longs
Listen Watch They say you can never go home again, but no one told that to Andrew Ridker. During the height of the Covid 19 pandemic, Andrew left his apartment in Brooklyn, NY to head back to his childhood home in Brookline, MA. It was being back in his hometown,...
by Mike Carlon | Aug 8, 2023 | Authors, Podcast, The Longs
Listen Watch Sometimes it takes a while to find out who we truly are, particularly if we didn’t give ourselves the time to explore life prior to settling down and starting a family. Those of us who did that young may find that, after our kids have grown, we really...
by Mike Carlon | Aug 3, 2023 | Authors, Podcast, The Longs
Listen Watch Giving yourself the right to write badly is excellent advice for aspiring and established authors. Writing is a muscle which has to be exercised in order to get stronger. Not everything we write will be gold, but every rep serves a purpose—to make our...
